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| − | '''National Instruments Ltd''' was a camera company in Jadavpur Kolkata, and | + | '''National Instruments Ltd''' was a camera company in Jadavpur Kolkata, and has been referred to as ''India's first and only camera factory''.<ref name=artslant>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200523161548/http://www.artslant.com/ind/events/show/140237-through-a-lens-darkly Manas Bhattacharya & Madhuban Mltra: ''Through a Lens Darkly''], details of an exhibition in New Delhi, December 2010 - February 2011, at the defunct ''Artslant'' magazine/gallery website; archived at Internet Archive in May 2020.</ref> Perhaps it is indeed the only ''factory'' of mass-produced Indian cameras; [[Vageeswari]] large-format cameras were made in a workshop setting, not a factory. |
| − | National Instruments produced one camera, the '''National-35''', and was working toward production of a second, the '''National Reflex 2000''', when it closed.<ref name= | + | National Instruments produced only one camera, the '''National-35''', and was working toward production of a second, the '''National Reflex 2000''', when it closed.<ref name=artslant /> |
| − | In January 2009 the factory, long derelict, was turned over to Jadavpur University.<ref name= | + | In January 2009 the factory, long derelict, was turned over to Jadavpur University.<ref name=artslant /> |
The '''National-35''' was in fact produced with the tool kits of the German [[King]] '''[[Regula Sprinty|Regula Sprinty BC]]'''. | The '''National-35''' was in fact produced with the tool kits of the German [[King]] '''[[Regula Sprinty|Regula Sprinty BC]]'''. | ||
King sold those designs and tool kits to National Instruments Ltd sometime in the late 1970's. | King sold those designs and tool kits to National Instruments Ltd sometime in the late 1970's. | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://indiaphotoculture.blogspot.nl/2010/09/national-sprinty-bc-35-the-made-in.html Blog about the National-35] at [http://indiaphotoculture.blogspot.nl/ Musings on Issues of Visual Culture and Photography in India] | * [http://indiaphotoculture.blogspot.nl/2010/09/national-sprinty-bc-35-the-made-in.html Blog about the National-35] at [http://indiaphotoculture.blogspot.nl/ Musings on Issues of Visual Culture and Photography in India] | ||
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National Instruments Ltd was a camera company in Jadavpur Kolkata, and has been referred to as India's first and only camera factory.[1] Perhaps it is indeed the only factory of mass-produced Indian cameras; Vageeswari large-format cameras were made in a workshop setting, not a factory.
National Instruments produced only one camera, the National-35, and was working toward production of a second, the National Reflex 2000, when it closed.[1]
In January 2009 the factory, long derelict, was turned over to Jadavpur University.[1]
The National-35 was in fact produced with the tool kits of the German King Regula Sprinty BC. King sold those designs and tool kits to National Instruments Ltd sometime in the late 1970's.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Manas Bhattacharya & Madhuban Mltra: Through a Lens Darkly, details of an exhibition in New Delhi, December 2010 - February 2011, at the defunct Artslant magazine/gallery website; archived at Internet Archive in May 2020.
